A Message from the State 3rd Vice President

Happy Mother’s day to all the mothers. I trust everyone is well. Here’s a fun quiz for your enjoyment. Answers are at the bottom, don’t cheat.

1. What Italian composer penned the major work “The Four Seasons”?
a. Nino Rota
b. Giuseppe Sarti
c. Pietro Raimondi
d. Antonio Vivaldi

2. Which of the following Italian athletes won the Gold Boot at the 1982 World Cup of Soccer?
a. Alex Zanardi
b. Paolo Rossi
c. Jarno Trulli
d. Dino Zoff 3.

In Italy, what is associated with every day of the year?
a. A Different Vegetable
b. A Different Patron Saint
c. A Different Animal
d. A Different Fruit 4.

On what was the Italian economy based before the advent of World War II?
a. Agriculture
b. Industrial Resources
c. Fisheries
d. Gold Mining

5. Which of the following scientists is a native of Italy?
a. Galileo
b. Dr. Strangelove
c. Aristotle
d. Einstein

6. Who was the last of Rome’s “Five Good Emperors”?
a. Nero
b. Marcus Aurelius
c. Caligula
d. Hadrian

7. As emperor, where did Hadrian travel?
a. Persia
b. China
c. British Isles
d. Turkey

8. In Italy, what does a gift of yellow flowers suggest?
a. Jealousy
b. Romance
c. Bad Luck
d. Hatred

9. Which of the following science fiction writers is of Italian descent?
a. Valerio Evangelisti
b. Anne Rice
c. Dan Brown
d. Stephen King

10. Which of the following Italians is a Grand Prix race car driver?
a. Jury Chechi
b. Antonio Ascari
c. Primo Carnera
d. Loris Capirossi

11. Who was the first emperor of Rome?
a. Cassius
b. Pericles
c. Octavian
d. Julius Caesar 12.

What did Romans call the Colosseum?
a. Circus Maximus
b. Colosseum
c. Flavian Amphitheatre
d. Caesarian Colosseum

13. What does the Latin word paganus mean?
a. Country Dweller
b. Evil-Doer
c. Non-Believer
d. Atheist

14. Emperor Constantine helped build Christian churches in all the following locations except which?
a. Rome
b. Alexandria
c. Constantinople
d. Jerusalem

15. What was an arena in ancient Rome called?
a. Circus
b. Hippodrome
c. Villa
d. Velodrome

16. What is the name of a famous Italian astronaut?
a. Paolo Boi
b. Lance Armstrong
c. Alessandro Salvio
d. Roberto Vittori

17. What Italian metropolis has the largest population?
a. Naples
b. Turin
c. Milan
d. Rome

18. Which of the following men was a famous Italian cartoonist?
a. Jim Davis
b. Mario Bava
c. Hugo Pratt
d. Victor Hugo

19. What famous political scandal rocked the country of Italy in the 1990’s?
a. Clean Feet
b. Dirty Feet
c. Clean Hands
d. Dirty Hands

20. What Italian explorer explored the Mississippi Valley in America?
a. Marco Polo
b. Christopher Columbus
c. James Madsen
d. Henri De Tonti

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